I can include who, what, where, when and feelings in my recount.
I can use capital letters at the beginning of a sentence.
I can use full stops at the end of a sentence.
Teach the students how to play kung fu punctuation and introduce the moves. Play the Kung-Fu Punctuation game.
Have a class discussion about the holidays. Brainstorm different activities children did over the break.
Model writing a recount, focusing on capital letters and full stops.
Students write a recount of what they did on the holidays. Ensuring they use capital letters and full stops.
Teachers to work with the group of their choice.
Support: Mind map their holidays before writing the recount
Extension: encourage students to introduce paragraphs into their writing for a new idea.
Author’s Chair
Children to share what they have done so far.
We are learning to use punctuation in our writing.
I can use a capital letter at the start of my sentence.
I can end my sentence with a full stop.
Play the second game of Kung Fu Punctuation
Recap capital letters and full stops: when and where do we use them?
The teacher to write a couple of sentences on the board lacking correct punctuation. Correct as a whole class.
Students complete free-choice writing.
There should be a focus on using capital letters and full stops.
Teachers to work with the group of their choice.
Support: Plan writing with relevant template
Extension: encourage students to introduce paragraphs into their writing for a new idea
Author’s Chair
Children to share what they have done so far.
We are learning to use punctuation in our writing.
I can use a capital letter at the start of my sentence.
I can end my sentence with a full stop.
I can use a capital letter for a proper noun
Watch Scratch Garden the play noun-sorting game
Recap what are Proper Nouns
Create an anchor chart of nouns and proper nouns
Students complete free-choice writing.
There should be a focus on using capital letters and full stops.
Teachers to work with the group of their choice.
Support: Plan writing with relevant template
Extension: encourage students to introduce paragraphs into their writing for a new idea
Author’s Chair
Children to share what they have done so far.
We are learning to write the phonogram sounds.
I can use a capital letter at the start of my sentence.
I can end my sentence with a full stop.
Watch Punctuation song
Teacher to model editing a piece of writing.
Students complete free-choice writing they have been working on.
Then the students need to spend time editing, completing the VCOP process
There should be a focus on using capital letters and full stops.
Teachers to work with the group of their choice.
Support: Plan writing with relevant template
Extension: encourage students to introduce paragraphs into their writing for a new idea
Author’s Chair
Children to share what they have done so far.
Learning Intention: We are learning to use the correct formation in our handwriting.
Hook:
Students write down/ draw all the words they can think of that start with their letter.
Mini Lesson
Model forming letters of need correctly.
Independent
Students write in their handwriting books
Reflection
Gallery walk of beautiful handwriting.